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Franklin D. Roosevelt

Democratic

Picture of Franklin D. Roosevelt
Library of Congress
Date Party Office Votes Result
11-08-1932 Democratic President 1324157 Win
11-03-1936 Democratic President 1766836 Win
11-05-1940 Democratic President 1877618 Win
11-07-1944 Democratic President 1988564 Win
Website: www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu
 

Candidate Biography:

Born: 1882 at Hyde Park, New York
Married: Eleanor Roosevelt*
Children: James Roosevelt and Anna Eleanor Roosevelt
Cousin of Theodore Roosevelt
Died: April 12, 1945 at Warm Springs, Georgia

1910: Member, New York State Senate
1912-1918: Assistant Secretary of the Navy 
1914: Primary Candidate for US Senate (Lost)
19??: Assistant Secretary of the Navy
1920: Democratic nominee for Vice President (on the ticket with James Cox)
1928-1932: Governor of New York
1932-1945: President of the United States

  • PLACENAME: Eleanor Roosevelt Community Learning Center is located in Visalia, Eleanor Roosevelt High is located in Corona. F. D. Roosevelt Elementary in Lawndale, Franklin D. Roosevelt Private School (High School) in Sacramento, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt Elementary in Daly City.
  • NOT NAMED FOR HIM: The city of Delano in Kern County was named for U.S. Secretary of the Interior Columbus Delano. [Source: 1000 California Place Names by Erwin G. Gudde]
  • US Currency: Franklin D. Roosevelt appeared on a "Presidential $1 Coin" that was issued in 2014. Roosevelt also currently appears on the dime (1946-Present).